OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14498828
HEAD,WORK RULES,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,LACERATION,MIRED,STRUCK BY,OVERTURN
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN STRUCK BY FORK OF OVERTURNING FORKLIFT
Investigation abstract
A FORKLIFT WAS STUCK IN MUD. A TRUCK WAS POSITIONED TO PULL THE FORKLIFT OUT. A CHAIN WAS HOOKED FROM A CORNER POST OF THE TRUCK TO A CORNER POST OF THE FORKLIF T'S OVERHEAD GUARD. THE IMPROPER HITCH LOCATION CAUSED THE FORKLIFT TO OVERTURN RATHER THAN PULL FREE OF THE MUD WHEN THE TRUCK BEGAN PULLING ON IT. THE LIFT FO RKS STRUCK EMPLOYEE #1 IN THE HEAD, CAUSING A FATAL LACERATION.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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